present participle of mark time

(linguistics) Of a language: such that the grammatical marks showing relations between the constituents of a phrase tend to be placed on both the heads (or nuclei) of the phrase in question, and on the modifiers or dependents.

beside the point; irrelevant

(chiefly New South Wales in Australia, colloquial) The permission to leave early (from class, school, workplace, etc.) before the scheduled end time; an early finish.

A symbol composed of two perpendicular lines (✗), especially when representing negation or lack of verification.

A circle that serves as a check mark in Japanese: ◯.

(idiomatic) something that negatively affects someone's reputation

(linguistics) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

Any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.

simple past tense and past participle of mark down as